I Will Come Back When Construction Of Ram Mandir Begins - What PM Modi Said After Visiting Ayodhya In 1991

A photographer from Ayodhya who worked for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement has revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a visit to the town in 1991 had vowed to return back to Ayodhya when the construction of the Ram Mandir began.

As per a report in Times of India, the photographer Mahendra Tripathi had clicked a picture of Prime Minister Modi with senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi when they visited the Janmabhoomi site in 1991.

"...when I and also some local journalists asked Modi ji when he would return to Ayodhya, he replied, I will come back when the construction of Ram Mandir will begin", says Tripathi.

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on 5 August for Ram Mandir's Bhoomi Pujan at the Janmabhoomi. He will be accompanied by leaders like L K Advani and will place a 40 kg silver brick at the construction site.